Card-receptacle.



W. C. CUTLER. CARD RECEPTACLE. APPLICATION FILED DEC. i5. I916.

Pmbwted Dec. 4, 191?.

WILLIAM CLIFTON C'UTLER, OF NORTH GLENDALE, cAtIFonNIA.

GARD-RECEPTAGLE.

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T0 all 'whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CLIr'Ion CUTLER, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at North Glendale, in'the county of. *Los Angeles and State of California,have

invented new and useful Improvements in Card-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification. j I r My invention relates to improvements in card receptacles in which a mechanism is provided for shifting the cardsoutof the receptacle one by one to the last card in the receptacle; and the objects of my improvements are, to provide a receptacle with means which will automatically deliver one card at a time by a short movement or push of a thumb or finger; to provide means in such receptacle indicating when the recepta cle is empty; to provide means in such receptacle for shifting always just one card out of the receptacle; to simplify the construction of such receptacle; the invention conslstlng 1n the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the device. a

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectionfthrough the lower part or body ofthe receptacle on 1ine 2-2 of Fig. 1. I

Fig. 3 is the topview of the spring, disposed in the receptacle for lifting the cards ready to be shifted out of thereceptacle.

Fig. 4 is the top view of the cover for the receptacle.

Fig-'5 is a cross-section of the line 5--5 of Fig. 4E.

Fig. 6 is the sliding plate with the fulcrum and shifting bar in end view placed in the slot of the cover plate, of which aportion is shown in section. r

Fig. 7 is the sliding plate with the fulcrum and shifting bar of Fig. 6 in plan view seen from under side.

Fig. 8 is a part of the shifting bar in side view.

Fig. 9 is the end view of the bar in Fig. 8.

Similar numbers refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The receptacle 1 is preferably made of one piece of material, steel, brass, aluminum, or any other suitable for such purpose.

The receptacle consisting of the bottom plate 2, the two side plates 3 and the end plates 4 and 5. The end plates extend becover on Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Deoehl l t. 1

Application filed December 15, 1916. Seriallt'o. 137,162.

yond the side plates as indicated at 6, -see Fig. 2, forming the guide and engaging members between the cover-plate 7 and the receptacle. The end plate 4 is furthermore extended above the upper edge of the side plates as indicated at Sclosing that endof the receptacle entirely, while the end plate 1 5 is terminated at suitable distance below the top plate, leaving a slot for the cards to escape when pushed out of thereceptacle.

As the receptacle is provided with the ex tensions mentioned above, the cover is only bent on the two sides 19, thewholecover fit ting between the extensions of the end plates 4: and 5 of the receptacle, the two bent sides of the cover fitting'over the two sides 3 of the receptacle; receptacle for bringing the cards up to the top. Extension ends 12 on the spring are provided for holding the spring in the desired position, the extension ends fitting in the recesses 13 in the side plates 3, see Fig.

.2. 'The projection 14: on the spring forms the stop for the shifting bar 15, when the receptacle 1s empty, the dotted lines 16 in--' dlcatlng the position of the shifting bar in Aspiring 11 is disposed in. the

engagement with the projection on the spring. Theshifting bar 15 is secured to the fulcrum 17, which is pivotally mounted on the pin 18. A sliding plate 19, see Figs. 6 and 7 is cut in about the middle to provide material for the lugs 20, in which the pinlS is supported. The rest of the material, provided by the out, is used for the lugs'21,

which are folded to fit slidingly over the material of the cover plate, as shown in Figs'l and 6. By bending the lugs as illustrated, a slot 22 is provided for the fulcrum 17. The pin 18 is loosely disposed through the lugs 20 and the fulcrum 17 and not riv- 1 etedin, as the pin is in a position between the material of the top plate 7 as will be clear from the Figs. 1 and 6. The recess 23 inthe top plate, see Figs. 45 and 5, is provided for the sliding plate 19, and the slot 24: fits over the lugs, which are slidingly mounted therein. The shifting bar 15 is provided with a catching needle 25, see Figs. 8 and 9,. and to prevent the needle from going in too far into the cards, a shoulder 26 is provided near the point of the needle.

The operation is as follows The receptacle being filled with cards, the

fulcrum 17, mounted in the sliding plate 19,

is pushed along the slot 24 in the cover plate 7 toward the slot 9 formed between the receptacle and the cover as indicated in Fig. 1. The fulcrum, being pivoted on the 111 19, Will naturally turn over toward'the slot ted front of the receptacle when pushed,

upon by a finger or thumb, and the shifting bar 15, being secured to the fulcrum, is

naturallypresseddown upon the c'ards'in A further pushing on the the receptacle. fulcrum 17 causes the needle 25 to stick into the. top; one of the cards placedin the re ceptacle, and a still further pushing causes this top card to slip through theslot-9 o ut;

of the receptacle.

, Thisoperation can be repeated until all cards are pushed out of the receptacle, when theshlfting bar 15 w1ll engagewith the stop 14 on thespring 11, this indicating that the receptacle-is empty, as described.

Having thus described my. invention,,I claim p 1. In a card receptacle of the type described comprisi-nga body part of substan. tial rectangular bottom with two side plates and two end plates, and a cover part having two side plat-es so as tofit over the side. plates of the body part-slidingly; the-end, plates o1 the body part being providedwith extension 1 ends J proj ecting beyond the side plates on the body partvso as to: prevent a slipping-of the cover part endwisewhen engaged over th body part.

22 Acard receptaclerof the type described consisting of a body part haying a i plain bottom, two sideplates,-.and twoend plates;

both end plates havingextension ends pro-' jecting sidewise beyond therside plates; a

cover fitting over the side plates of the body part and. fitting also slidingly between 5 the (-I extension ends of the endplates of the body in'an up vand downward,direction; one endv plate projecting 1 also; upwardly; beyond the upperv edge of the side plates-of the bodypart to theextcnt of thethickness of the top plate forming annentirely closed box on thatiend while the other end plate-ter minajtes a suitable distance below the i top;' plate forming a slot between'this endplate andthe topplate of thesize adapted t-o allow the discharge of one card at a time, out f ofthe receptacle. a

3. In a card receptacle of the type described comprising a body part of substantial rectangular bottom with two side plates and-twoend plates,and a cover part having two side plates so as to fit over the side plates ofthe body part slidingly, the end plates having extension ends to the extent of the-thickness of the cover plateso as to engage the cover plate endwise slidingly; shifting means provided on the cover part lengthwise to the receptacleso -as to allow an ejectingof cards out of the receptacle while the cover; remains engaged between the extensionends of vthe end plates of the body part. 7

at. In a eardreceptacle of-thc type described a spring disposed atthc bottom of the receptacle with springingcapacity to- I end :plates projecting sido wise beyond the sidesplates; a cover part having; two side ends-of the end plates, theacovcr part being provided with a rectangular. recess a and l a slot within the recess; a shifting plate slidplates so astofit oierthe sideiplatcs of the bodypartuslidingly between. the extensionv ingly mounted within the recess of the coveri part having lugs projecting through the slot in the cover slidingly engaging the shift ng plate with the cover, the lugs formingat the same time,- attaching meansfor card shiftingeineans in such receptacles; and card ejecting means pivotally connected to the lugs in'the shifting plate on thecover. v

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM CLIFTON-CUTLER;

Witnesses: Or'roH. KRUEGER, C. MITSCHLER.

topicsv oi; this :patent maybe obtained for five cents'each, by addressing the, Commissioner-of Patents 1 a Washington, D, C. 

